Lunchfilm Berkeley.

Show at Pacific Film Archive was fun despite the rain. Much thanks to Steve Seid. New shorts commissioned and I got a little ill because I ate so much in a single day. Pic is of George Kuchar filming, possibly for his lunchfilm. For 30 bucks he could do an underwater epic.

I buy a filmmaker lunch and in trade they give me a short film made for the cost of the lunch. It started by accident – and necessity. In all, 50 short films have been commissioned (or eaten). Rules and ideas based on whatever we talked about at lunch are written on a napkin contract.
While each film has its own logic, it’s all about a variety of tastes. The overall metaphor is about community. It is very easy to help a filmmaker. Buy one lunch today. –Mike Plante